Becky Pearson (born January 22, 1956) is an American

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who played on the

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...

Golfing career

Before turning professional, Pearson won the Minnesota Junior Girls State Championship twice. While living in

North Branch, Minnesota North Branch is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States, at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 95. The population was 10,787 at the 2020 census. It is named for the north branch of the Sunrise River, which f ...

, she reached the quarter-finals at the United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship in 1973 after defeating defending champion

Nancy Lopez Nancy Marie Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is an American former professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 LPGA Tour, 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three women's major golf championships, major championships. ...

in the second round. Pearson earned All-American honors twice while attending

Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its main campus in Westchester, Florida, United States. Founded in 1965 by the Florida Legislature, the school opened to students in 1972. FIU is the third-largest univ ...

and was the runner-up to

Lori Castillo Lori Castillo (born 1961) is an American professional golfer from Hawaii. She is one of only three golfers to have won both U.S. Girls' Junior (1978) and U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links (1979 and 1980), and was the first female to hold two Unit ...

at the 1979

U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links The U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, often referred to as the Public Links or the Publinx, was a women's amateur golf tournament, one of 10 individual amateur championships organized by the USGA and first played in 1977. The USGA of ...

. Pearson won once on the LPGA Tour in 1986 at the Chrysler-Plymouth Classic. The North Chisago Historical Society awarded Pearson in 2008 along with two others their Women in History Award.Women in History Award
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Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

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* American female golfers FIU Panthers women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Minnesota Golfers from Boca Raton, Florida People from North Branch, Minnesota 1956 births Living people 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-golf-bio-stub